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06-18-2008, 05:16 PM
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Fixed that for you.
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he's not white?
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06-18-2008, 05:21 PM
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uhhhhh......
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Yes, there are women and men of various cultures and races who play basketball at home, work, organized leagues, etc. Hell, the NBA used to be "white man city" so of course blacks aren't the only ones who play basketball. 
But people know what images "streetball" conjures up in many minds and they also know the images that conjured up when the NBA stopped being "white man city." Basketball has always been listed as one of the sports where one doesn't need money or influence to play (perhaps what ree means by the "great equalizer") and class and race are very linked in this society.
Let's not act brand new up in here. Or were the racial comments in the original link a figment of everyone's imagination? 
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06-18-2008, 05:23 PM
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he's not white?
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hehe...I can think of tons of nonbiracial blacks whose "race" is more ambiguous than Obama's.
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06-18-2008, 05:36 PM
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Yes, there are women and men of various cultures and races who play basketball at home, work, organized leagues, etc. Hell, the NBA used to be "white man city" so of course blacks aren't the only ones who play basketball.
But people know what images "streetball" conjures up in many minds and they also know the images that conjured up when the NBA stopped being "white man city." Basketball has always been listed as one of the sports where one doesn't need money or influence to play (perhaps what ree means by the "great equalizer") and class and race are very linked in this society.
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minorities are just a bunch of crazy, wily, people.
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06-18-2008, 05:38 PM
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speaking of.....
http://www.blackagendareport.com/ind...d=661&Itemid=1
Let this BLACK MAN do what BLACK PEOPLE have been doing for generations: Use THE BLACK CHURCH as a platform to talk to EACH OTHER about things that (disproportionately) impact US.
Muchtadoaboutnuthin....
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06-18-2008, 05:39 PM
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minorities are just a bunch of crazy, wily, people.
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Yes. :hallucinating:
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06-19-2008, 12:29 AM
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Let's not act brand new up in here. Or were the racial comments in the original link a figment of everyone's imagination? |
like i mentioned before, i really thought we were gonna let the whole "clearly this statement is going to be spun on its stereotyped head, but were not going to make this a thread about THAT because we know where those threads go on GC" thing go.
i thought it was obvious and we were going to avoid that trap.
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06-19-2008, 11:48 AM
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like i mentioned before, i really thought we were gonna let the whole "clearly this statement is going to be spun on its stereotyped head, but were not going to make this a thread about THAT because we know where those threads go on GC" thing go.
i thought it was obvious and we were going to avoid that trap.
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What else is this thread about if isn't about THAT? Oh...the dumb discussion of what president had a bowling alley? No thanks because that's bullisht.
It isn't a "trap" to me and I don't care where race-candid threads "go" on GC. No me problema.
Feel free to continue to not participate but spare me the "let's not go there" posts.
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06-19-2008, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
What else is this thread about if isn't about THAT? Oh...the dumb discussion of what president had a bowling alley? No thanks because that's bullisht.
It isn't a "trap" to me and I don't care where race-candid threads "go" on GC. No me problema.
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... especially considering this thread didn't "go there" at all.
Seriously, the fear of discussing race issues on GC is worse than the actual threads themselves. Suck it up - GC isn't even a microcosm of the real world, it's about 2 standard deviations above average in terms of intelligence.
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06-19-2008, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by KSig RC
... especially considering this thread didn't "go there" at all.
Seriously, the fear of discussing race issues on GC is worse than the actual threads themselves. Suck it up - GC isn't even a microcosm of the real world, it's about 2 standard deviations above average in terms of intelligence.
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Yep, although the bolded is questionable sometimes.
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06-19-2008, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
What else is this thread about if isn't about THAT? Oh...the dumb discussion of what president had a bowling alley? No thanks because that's bullisht.
It isn't a "trap" to me and I don't care where race-candid threads "go" on GC. No me problema.
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siiiigh....
just gotta love the smell of fresh haterade in the morning...call this thread done folks...that's a wrap!
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06-19-2008, 06:47 PM
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call this thread done folks...that's a wrap!
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No.
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